'CHARLIE HEBDO' PUTS MOHAMMED ON ITS POST-ATTACK COVER It's out. The latest issue of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, published by survivors of last week's deadly terror attack, features a cover cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed holding a sign that reads, "Je suis Charlie.'' The news agency Agence France-Presse distributed a copy of the new cover, which carries the caption, "Tout est pardonne,'' which translates into English as "all is forgiven." The issue hits newsstands on Wednesday. Also today, the White House said it was sorry for not sending a higher-ranking official to the solidarity rally in Paris this weekend. French President François Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were there. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed up. We sent our ambassador to France.
PENTAGON SAYS CENTCOM TWITTER HACK WAS NO BIG DEALThe Pentagon is calling it a prank. Nothing more. Social media accounts for the U.S. military's Central Command were hacked today. Central Command oversees U.S. forces battling militants in Iraq and Syria as well as American troops in Afghanistan. A group calling itself the CyberCaliphate claimed responsibility for the hack. "We view this as little more than a prank," said Army Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman. "No (Pentagon) systems or computers were compromised. This has no operational impact."
BETTER ECONOMY MEANS A FLASHIER DETROIT AUTO SHOW The Detroit Auto Show is in full swing, and USA TODAY auto reporter James R. Healey says automakers are casting off the shambling, apologetic approach to auto shows and hitting the big Detroit exhibition with high-risk, go-fast, eye-popping cars and trucks that recall the pre-recession heyday. Sales are booming, fuel costs are down and easy credit is encouraging buyers to grab high-end and well-equipped models about as fast as they show up at dealers.
U.VA. FRATERNITY IN 'ROLLING STONE' RAPE STORY REINSTATED Today the University of Virginia reinstated the fraternity drawn into the national spotlight by a Rolling Stone article that alleged a gang rape took place at Phi Kappa Psi's chapter house. Charlottesville police said they have found no basis to believe the Rolling Stone U.Va. gang rape actually happened. The woman in the story, identified only as "Jackie," has since said she isn't sure she named the correct fraternity. "We welcome Phi Kappa Psi, and we look forward to working with all fraternities and sororities in enhancing and promoting a safe environment for all," school President Teresa Sullivan said in a statement.
NEIGHBORS DIG UP MASTODON BONES FROM THE ICE AGEContractor Daniel LaPoint Jr. has been digging in the dirt for two decades, but he'd never seen anything like this. The massive rib bone sticking out of a pile of earth he had dug up from his neighbor's backyard was gray with age. It looked prehistoric. One word rushed to his mind: dinosaur. The bones discovered on the Michigan property in November, 42 in all, weren't from a dinosaur at all. They were a mastodon's. The Ice Age animals, the distant relatives of elephants, weighed 5 tons and date back more than 10,000 years. |
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| Compiled by Alia E. Dastagir. Contributing: William M. Welch, Kim Hjelmgaard, Tom Vanden Brook, Elizabeth Weise, John Bacon, James R. Healey, Elena Berton, USA TODAY; Rachel Greko, Lansing State (Mich.) Journal |
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